Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) sample analog signals and produce a value that corresponds to a “snapshot” of the signal at a specific time. By taking samples at regular intervals, you can obtain ...

This is part one of a set of articles exploring some common myths and misconceptions surrounding digital audio. Time and again I am surprised that even experienced and well-respected audio engineers ...

Thanks to the ability of digital audio to be perfectly copied, transmitted, and carried in small packages, we may be surrounded by more music and human-made audio programming than at any other time in ...

Past columns have discussed sampling analog signals and analog-to-digital converter (ADC) technologies. In my experience, though, engineers who simply want to use ADCs rather than design with them, ...

A few weeks ago, Dan Banquer of R.E. Designs forwarded me a very interesting AES paper entitled "0dBFS+ Levels in Digital Mastering" by Soren H. Nielsen and Thomas Lund of T.C. Electronic A/S.